Last Name WOOLSON

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Meaning Local: Of Wolstan, a parish in county Warwick, near Rugby. Of Woolstone, two parishes near Newport Pagnell, county Bucks. Of Woolston, a hamlet in the parish of North Cadbury, county Somerset. Of Woolstone, a tithing in the parish of Hound, county Devon.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 40,335 (2000 US census) 41,595 (1990 US census)
Count 511 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 96.48%, or 493 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.37%, or 7 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.57%, or 8 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


English surnames

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Russian middle names

 As with many things that are 'Russian,' neither child nor his parents has much choice in picking the name. It is purely patronymic and generally predefined at the time when the child is born or even rather conceived. The name is derived from the child's father's first...

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